Shade-awnfng for windows



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SHADE AWNING POR WINDOWS.

No. 565,192. Patented Aug. 4, 1896.

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CHARLES JOI-IN VATERI'IOUSE, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

SHADE-AWNING FOR WINDOWS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 565,192, dated August 4, 1896. Application tiled April 9, 1896. Serial No. 586,794. (No model.)

To LZZ whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES JOHN WATER- HOUSE, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of San Francisco, State of California, have invented an Improvement in Shade-Awnings for Vindows; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

My invention relates to a combined exterior shade and awning for windows and similar openings.

It consists in certain details of construction which will be more fully explained by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a perspective view of my device. Fig. 2 is a side sectional elevation.' Fig. 3 is an enlarged transverse section of one of the guides and transverse-rod connection. Fig. ai is an enlarged transverse section of a guide and the bow connection.

The object of my invention is t0 provide a substitute for exterior blinds upon windows, which combines in one structure a blind and shade adjustable to any desired pointA on the window, and a projecting awning forming a part thereof.

A is the Window-Casin g, and B B are guides which are fixed exterior to the sash, and which stand vertically, extending from bottom to top of the window. These guides are, made in any suitable manner. In the present case I have shown them made of tubular metal having an open slot or channel on the sides which face each other. It will Vbe manifest that these tubes may be made cylindrical or polygonal, as preferred.

The shade C is made of suitable material to resist the action of weather and to combine in itself a shade and awning. This shade is fitted to roll up on a roller D at the upper part of the window. The form of roller which I employ is the well-known spring-actuated roller having pawl-and-ratchet mechanism by which the tension of the spring is maintained and by which the roller is held at any desired point. If found desirable or preferable, the pawl and ratchet which retains the roller at any point may be omitted, and by means of a cord attached to the lower part of the shade and passing through a guide lined to the window-sill the shade may be drawn down and it may be locked at any point by the clampin gpulley F, which is common for such purposes. The upper part of the tubular guides are here shown as bent into a circular segmental form, and attached to them are plates by which the ends are secured to the casing, and in the center of these plates are the sockets for the shade-roller pivots. Across these shades are formed pockets adapted to receive the transverse rods G, which extend from side to side at intervals with the ends entering into the slots in the guide-tubes, or if the guides are not tubular, the ends of the rods may clasp or otherwise engage the guides. These rods serve to steady the shade and to prevent the wind from moving it out and in and causing it to iiap. I have here shown the rods having enlargements or balls I-I upon the ends, which will prevent their being pulled out of the guides in case the wind is so strong as to cause a tendency to bend the rods. Then the shade is allowed to roll up on the roller, these knobs or ends follow the circular extension of the guides around the outside of the shade-roller and are thus disposed of as the shade is rolled up.

In order to retain the edges of the shade close to the guides to prevent these edges getting out of place,I have shown metallic clamps I, which are bent so as to clasp the edges of the shade and are secured to the rods. The bight or bend of each of these plates is perforated, so that the rod passes through it to connect with the guide, as shown. The lowermost transverse rod has its ends fixed in the upper ends of slides J, which fit within the tubular guides B, and are loosely slidable within them. From this lowermost transverse rod the material of the shade or awning is made full and of such shape as to be extended outwardly in a curved shape, the lower edge being secured to a metal bow K, which serves to keep this portion of the awning extended in proper shape. This bow may be in the form of a circular, rectangular, or other desirably-shaped segment. The ends of the bow are secured by pins L, which pass through it into the sliding rod LI within the tubular guide and are thus movable with this rod. Surrounding the guide and secured to the same` pin L is a curved stop-plate M upon each side.

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The tubular guides have stops N fixed to them at such points that these stop-plates will strike them `when the shade and awning have been raised to the highest point to which it is designed to run.

As the bow at the bottom of the awning is arched or semicircular in shape, the arc is such that when it is turned up about its pivotpins L the upper edge of it wiil just lie against the lowermost of the transverse rods G, which extend through the shade. Vhen in this position and the shade is run up, this awning portion may pass into an inclosed head or casing which extends up above the window, so that in stormy weather and when not in use the shade is entirely protected from the elements.

The'lower awning portion may be folded by means of a oord connected with the outer edge and passing over a pulley upon or adjacent to the lowermost transverse rod, the cord extending down alongside of the one by which the shade is raised or lowered, so that when the shade is being raised by pulling this cord, the awning portion is folded up fiat against 'the shade in readiness to pass up into the head or casing above. When the shade is pulled down, this cord being released, the weight of the bow will be sufficient to cause the awning portion to drop and be extended in the position in which it should be used. To keep this awning properly extended, it

vmaybe desirable to employ a jointed rod or brace Q, extending down the center of the awning. The lower end of this rod or brace may be 4secured to the bow, while its upper end may be properly secured, for instance, to one of the transverse rods G. The joint may be folded like a carriage-joint when the awning is to be turned up. By this construction I am enabled to do away with the exterior wooden blinds of windows to form a flexible and adjustable permanent exterior shade with an awning attachment which can be set at any desired point in the height of the win.- dow and serves to keep out the sun while allowing the window to be opened and the air to circulate freely in the room.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A shade and awning composed of flexible material, transverse rods attached to the shade at intervals in its length, a roller journaled at the top and exterior to the windowsash, upon which the shade may be rolled, guide-rods extending down upon each side exterior to the sash and receiving the ends of the transverse rods, an awning extension ofthe shade beneath the lowermost transverse rod and a pivotally-mounted slidably-secured bow to which the lower edge of the awning is attached. y

2. A shade and awning for windows consisting of a flexible fabric, a roller at the top of the window upon which the shade is adapted to be rolled, tubular slotted guide-rods fixed to the casing upon each side exterior to the sash, rods attached to and extending across the shade at intervals having the ends adapted to enter the slots in the tubular guides with heads slidable therein whereby the rods are prevented from springing and pulling out of the guides, an awning extene sion beneath the lowermost transverse rod and a slidably-secured pivoted bow to which the lower edge of the awning is attached.

3. A vertically-movable flexible shade-awa ing, guides exterior to the sash upon opposite sides of the casing, rigid rods fixed to the shade with the ends adapted to engage and travel upon the guides, circular segmental extensions formed by bending the guides at the upper end and provided with a plate having a central socket and means for attaching to the casing, a roller upon which the shade is adapted to roll, the pivots of said roller fitting the sockets so that the circular extensions of the guides are concentric therewith.

4. A shade-awning for windows consisting of a flexible fabric, a roller journaled at the upper part of the casing exterior to the sash and upon which the shade may be rolled, vertical guides upon opposite sides of the casing exterior to the sash, transverse rods fixed to the shade having the ends slidably connected with the guides, an awning extension kof the shade beneath the lowermost of the transverse rods, and an arched bow to which the lower edge of the awning is attached and by which it is projected outwardly, and pivotpins slidable upon the guides to which the ends of the bow are attached so that it may be turned up about thepivots.

5. A combined shade and awning for windows, consisting of a flexible fabric, a roller at the top of the window upon which it may be rolled, transverse rods extending across the shade at intervals, vertical guides upon the opposite sides of the casing exterior to the sash with which t-he ends of the transverse rods slidably engage, an enlarged extension of the shade below the lowermost rod, an arched bow to which the lowermost edge is attached whereby the extension is projected to form an awning, slides movable within the guides to the upper end of which the lowermost transverse rod is connected and to the lower part of which the awning-bows are pivoted, curved stop-plates xed to the pivotpins and the awning-bow, and stops upon the guides which arrest the shade at a point which will allow the bow and awning to be folded up against it below the roller.

6. A shade-awning for windows consisting of a flexible fabric, a roller journaled across the upper end of the window exterior to the sash upon which the shade may be rolled, guides fixed to the casing exterior to the sash, transverse rods fixed across the shade at intervals having the ends adapted to engage the guides and slide thereon and circular extensions of the lguides at the top into which the rod ends pass when the shade is rolled up,

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an enlarged extension of the shade below the lowermcst rod, an arched bow to which the extension is attached and by which it is expanded to form the awning, said bow being turnable upon pivot-pins which travel upon the guides, a means for turning the bow about its pivots so as to fold it up against the shade and a casing in the upper part of the window into which the shade and awning pass when not in use.

7 A shade-awning for windows consisting of a flexible fabric, a roller jonrnaled across the upper end of the window exterior to the sash upon which the shade may be rolled, guides fixed to the casing exterior to the sash, transverse rods ixed across the shade at intervals having the ends adapted to engage hand.

CHAS. JOI-IN WATERHOUSE. Vitnesses:

S. H. NoURsE, Jnssln C. BRODIE. 

